Biden ‘expanding’ beyond inner circle on potential run

VP gauging support for a potential candidacy

As Vice President Joseph R. Biden weighs a run for the White House, supporters say he won’t jump into the race simply because Democratic nomination front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton has become bogged down in the scandal over her exclusive use of a private email server during her leadership of the State Department.

Mr. Biden this weekend appears to have begun “expanding” past his inner circle of friends and advisers and has been gauging support for a potential candidacy.

The vice president, who some polls show narrowly beats top Republican presidential candidates in hypothetical match-ups, met with influential progressive Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts over the weekend.